Sonny took a train

Mary took a boat

Somewhere it's gonna be better

Everybody needs a little hope

Ten thousand souls

Waiting on a bus and it never rolled

So it goes...

No one's leaving California

Pacific transit overload

Gold dust dreamers never warn ya

And my guitar strums

I am The American



I got a walking stick

And an old sock hat

I've got dirty hands

And I've got a dream to match

I've got a pocket full

Of government issue cures for poverty



No one's leaving California

Pacific transit overload

All my friends live on the corner

And my guitar strums

I am The American



Under the streetlight, down by the water

Don't worry baby, it's nothing you ever knew

(If it) Makes you feel better, throw down a quarter

Don't worry baby, it won't stick to your shoes



No one's leaving California

Pacific transit overload

Gold dust dreamers never warn ya

And my guitar strums

Yeah my guitar strums

I am The American